Low fat Banana Bread


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 24
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 137.1
  • Total Fat: 4.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 27.0 mg
  • Sodium: 36.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 23.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.7 g
  • Protein: 2.1 g

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Introduction

Best banana bread ever!! Best banana bread ever!!
Number of Servings: 24

Ingredients

    1-1/4 cups sugar
    1/2 cup butter
    2 large eggs
    1-1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas
    1/2 cup lowfat buttermilk
    1 tsp banana extract
    2-1/2 cups of flour
    1 tsp baking soda
    1 tsp salt
    1 cup chopped nuts (optional) [Not included in the nutritional information]

Directions

Mix sugar and butter in a large bowl.
Stir in egg until well blended, stir in banana, buttermilk and extract until smooth.
Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
Mix until moistened.
Divide into two bread pans and bake at 350*F in 8” bread pans bake for 1 hour OR 9” bread pans bake for 1 hour 15 minutes or when toothpick comes out clean.
Keep in pan for 10 minutes on wire rack.
Then loosen and remove from pan.
Cool for two hours on wire rack.


Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KADYDID.

TAGS:  Snacks |

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    15 of 16 people found this review helpful
    This looks like standard banana bread recipe. I use brown sugar instead of white sugar. Whole wheat flour instead of white flour, skim milk instead of buttermilk and I add applesauce to moisten. The loaf doesn't last too long in my house! - 2/5/09


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    12 of 12 people found this review helpful
    This looks like a standard banana bread recipe. I'm sure it's delicious but if you want a low fat version, I recommend substituting apple sauce or yogurt for part or all of the butter. If you use apple sauce, decrease the sugar a bit. - 2/5/09


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    10 of 11 people found this review helpful
    This is the same recipe I use all the time, and it's definitely not low fat. I've always modified it and added some vanilla (not banana flavoring), and divided the sugar using 1/2 the amount granulated, and 1/2 brown sugar. Super yummy! Not lowfat. - 2/5/09


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    O.K.
    10 of 10 people found this review helpful
    This IS a good recipe. I put extra banana and it was very moist and yummy. However, it's definitely not lowfat. And it's impossible to get 24 servings out of this recipe, so a decent serving size it actually about 2 or 2.5 of the recommended serving sizes, which is close to 300 cals or more. - 12/23/08


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    Incredible!
    7 of 7 people found this review helpful
    I used a whole bunch (they were about to go bad) of bananas...super moist! Everyone @ work loved it! Thanks for sharing! - 10/2/08


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    Very Good
    5 of 6 people found this review helpful
    This is a great recipe. It doesn't taste low fat. I used half brown sugar and half white sugar but other than that I followed the recipe exactly. I didn't add nuts because I wanted to keep the calories on the lower side. - 12/28/07


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    O.K.
    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
    I don't consider 4.3 grams LO FAT! Reading through comments here, I would use egg substitute, brown sugar splenda with regular splenda, NO butter, just the bananas and some applesauce. SKIM milk. I have not calculated it, but with 1/2 the nuts, I know it would be far more reasonable for dieting! - 10/30/09


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    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
    How about whole wheat flour, splenda and applesauce instead of the white flour, sugar and butter! - 10/30/09


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    Incredible!
    4 of 5 people found this review helpful
    Very yummy! I would definitely make this again!! - 8/1/07


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    Incredible!
    4 of 5 people found this review helpful
    Loved it, very moist and uses real ingredients like butter and sugar!!! - 5/22/07


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    Incredible!
    4 of 5 people found this review helpful
    Almost too good! I couldn't keep myself from eating just one serving. - 3/17/07


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    Incredible!
    3 of 4 people found this review helpful
    The best bread I ate! I usually add nuts but not this time. Everything was perfect. I will make this receipe again!!!! - 5/4/09


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    Good
    3 of 4 people found this review helpful
    any banana bread is yummy-a little tip on cutting out the fat-replace the butter with an equal amount of applesauce and then take out that same amount of liquid.If the recipe does not call for any liquid,you can remove some of the egg(s)This works in most recipes except for cookies - 5/2/09


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    3 of 5 people found this review helpful
    I made a bunch of substitutions, including making muffins instead of bread, but they're amazing! I substituted 1 1/2 c. of w.w. pastry flour for the regular flour, used soymilk made into buttermilk by adding lemon juice, vanilla instead of banana ex. and used a muffin pan. Great recipe! - 7/13/08


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    Incredible!
    3 of 4 people found this review helpful
    I am amazed by how good this bread is!!! I made it a little different by adding pecan nuts and pouring the mixture into a bundt cake pan and cook it for 45 minutes. Absolutely fantastic!!! - 8/20/07


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    Incredible!
    3 of 4 people found this review helpful
    very good - 3/17/07


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    Very Good
    3 of 4 people found this review helpful
    This was most and so good. I couldn't wait until it cooled!!! - 3/17/07


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    O.K.
    2 of 3 people found this review helpful
    standard serving size for a loaf pan is 12 servings. i agree with the other posts that 24 servings from one loaf is ridiculous. that puts your calorie count closer to 240 calories per serving.

    i would suggest reducing the sugar to 1 cup (plenty sweet) and ommitting the buttermilk altogether.
    - 10/30/09


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    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    You say this is low fat? I don't think so. My recipe has 1/4 c fat (margarine), yogurt (to make up for the fat) and 1 egg, 1 egg white! - 10/30/09


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    2 of 5 people found this review helpful
    I haven't made this, but at the ingredients that the nutritional info was based on differ from the recipe you follow to make this bread. I wouldn't make this, as just substituting applesauce for butter or shortening & using oat flour in a standard recipe makes a great banana bread. - 2/5/09


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    O.K.
    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I wish it had lower calories. I am going to try the suggestions above - 10/30/09


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    1 of 5 people found this review helpful
    This recipe has to be changed in order to make it healthier, it looks like any regular recipe one would find in a magazine. Sort of odd....... - 12/22/08


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    1 of 5 people found this review helpful
    I used none dairy creamer,can`t use milk. This worked great - 12/22/08


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    1 of 6 people found this review helpful
    I just got a recipe from your new site! Love it. Very convenient to save into favorites and I loved the friendly printer version. Good job! - 3/12/07


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    Very Good
    Mine came out very dense, but the flavor was wonderful! Used skim milk this time and next time I will use the applesauce instead of butter! - 6/16/14


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    am goin to try tonight :) - 7/11/10


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    Not a lot fat version. I'm allowed 15 to 20mg of fat a day & this is a 33% to 20% of my daily total. Even adding applesauce, etc won't help here. - 12/3/09


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    i give this a 4 of 5 rating it is very moist and i added the nuts and figured the calories my husband even like it. It really tastes great - 11/6/09


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    I haven't tried this one yet, but I will say that with my Betty Crocker banana bread recipie, I use applesause instead of butter and egg beaters over regular eggs and my family likes it better than the regular recipie. The applesauce makes it really moist! Hope that helps. - 11/2/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    nice - 11/1/09


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    Incredible!
    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    What a recipe. Delicious. - 10/30/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    funny my husband just asked for banana bread, and he loves butter milk, so this will be right up his ally. thanks. - 10/30/09


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    Very Good
    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I love banana bread. As I am diabetic, I will substitute Splenda for the sugar and skim milk for buttermilk. I will also try using sugar-free apple sauce instead of the fat. Thanks for the recipe. - 10/30/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Yum - 10/30/09


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    Incredible!
    I presently use a very similar recipe. I use 1% milk instead of buttermilk and don't use the banana extract, but will try it. - 10/30/09


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    Incredible!
    This is a great recipe for the Holidays. Thanx. - 10/30/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I haven't made it but reading the comments was fun. If you read the recipe, it does say to divide into 2 pans so that is 12 servings per pan. And I don't know what the deal is but I have noticed that Splenda brown sugar has the the same or more calories as regular brown sugar when I compared labels - 10/30/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    This sounds good. I think I will try it. - 10/30/09


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    This has more sugar than my recipe - 10/30/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I will try it. It gave my ideas along with the reviews. I will use applesauce, whole wheat flour and splenda. It gives me a starting point. Thank you - 10/30/09


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    Good
    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Sounds Great but I would say be careful of the serving size. Very easy to eat two or three times as much and then really load up on the calories. - 10/30/09


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    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I love bananas and this looks like a great banana bread. - 10/30/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I added it to my try it cookbook..will try it next time I have bananas in the house. - 10/30/09


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    Incredible!
    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Thanks for the recipe and for all the great suggestions to make it even lower fat. This will become a family favourite! - 10/30/09


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    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I am wondering why Bananna Bread would come up in a search for low potassium recipes. - 10/5/09


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    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Sounds really yummy! I'm going to save this one so I can try it! - 5/2/09


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    Very Good
    0 of 3 people found this review helpful
    I got to try that! never heard of banana bread, where i live xD - 2/5/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    good - 2/5/09


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    0 of 4 people found this review helpful
    Sounds moist, but not lowfat, but I will still try it - 12/22/08


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    0 of 5 people found this review helpful
    Sounds good I am going to try it! - 7/11/07